rain, rain, go away, come again some other day ...

It's the dry season in northern Vietnam - ha,ha

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November 2nd 2008
It's absolutely pouring with rain, relentlessly, and when you think, this is it, it's getting even heavier. The famous Water Puppet Theatre of Hanoi? Yes, here, directly in the street, and I am having a part in it. So, roll up your trouser legs, put on your plastic shoes, shove on your 5 Euro plastic mac (which you could have gotten for two here - they are all made in China, aren't they?) - and of ... read more

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more